From now on, the channel #olpc-groups is open with the ambition to connect local communities from everywhere! I can imagine a lot of potential for collaborations, projects, problem solving and not-reinventing-the-wheel !

SJ and I have talked about the current status of the irc-infrastructure for the communities, and had some ideas for the future. Basically,

1. many of the local channels are inactive2. we have had no channel to cross-connect communities3. the channel #olpc-europe developed from the ccc4. the whole olpc project is gaining momentum

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5. the logical next step would be a united communities-channel to focus our common effort!

We could basically connect via #olpc-groups on a global basis, and use #olpc-europe/asia/africa/... for regional discussions.

...<_sj|> crazy: there are no active country channels<_sj|> but very active community members we just need a place todiscuss self-organization, regional meetups, a few infrastructurethings (which are the same around the world)<kikka> a virtual place?<_sj|> well, here I'm talking about a single irc chan...<kikka> Ah, okay.<crazy-chris> _sj| you're right, the country channels are not used<_sj|> crazy: start with one #olpc-groups, merge existing countrychans until there's a lot of focused traffic for one<_sj|> and keep separate channels for open discussion by language<_sj|> #olpc can split into #olpc-<lang> when it gets too busy;#olpc-groups can split into #olpc-<region> when it gets too busy.<crazy-chris> _sj|: okay, that sounds very good.<_sj|> but, none of the olpc chans are too busy yet <crazy-chris> heh, yeah<crazy-chris> will change thought <_sj|> even #olpc and -help are pretty quiet<_sj|> yeah<crazy-chris> the contributors program ...<crazy-chris> i think to merge the channels is the way to go. i'llget working on that.<_sj|> chris: thank you...

From now on, the channel #olpc-groups is open with the ambition to connect local communities from everywhere! I can imagine a lot of potential for collaborations, projects, problem solving and not-reinventing-the-wheel !

SJ and I have talked about the current status of the irc-infrastructure for the communities, and had some ideas for the future. Basically,

1. many of the local channels are inactive2. we have had no channel to cross-connect communities3. the channel #olpc-europe developed from the ccc4. the whole olpc project is gaining momentum

=>

5. the logical next step would be a united communities-channel to focus our common effort!

We could basically connect via #olpc-groups on a global basis, and use #olpc-europe/asia/africa/... for regional discussions.

Well, like a lot of the Internet and life in general, things tend to"self-organize". I've started a Google group for Portland Oregon XO"owners", and I'm personally on quite a few of the other mailing lists.In any event, I'm not sure it's time yet for any "consolidation", eitheron mailing lists/Google Groups or in IRC. I think the best we shouldhope for at this point is to ask everyone on IRC to use the characters"olpc" in naming channels. That way, the IRC client channel listers canfind them.

I think we're posted on the Wiki somewhere, but it'shttp://groups.google.com/group/pdx-olpc-users. There is a tentative planto have some kind of "OLPC session" in March at the Portland Linux UsersGroup (PLUG) meeting, which would quite probably include some peoplefrom Corvallis. Right now, I don't have a sense of how many actualphysical XOs there are in Portland, Corvallis and Eugene, nor if thereare or will be any in other places in Oregon or Southern Washington._______________________________________________Grassroots mailing listGrassroots@lists.laptop.orghttp://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots